To jump into something
Is jumping into something best translated with meterse? 
This came up from the Subjunctive Game where the given sentence was - I want you to go and jump into the lake right now!
My attempt was: Quiero que vayas y te metas en el lago, ¡ahora mismo!
No 1 is that right and no 2 would saltar 'en' work just as well or is there a better way?
7 Answers
Hi!
I agree with Heidi
Quiero que vayas y ....
¿Que vaya? ¿adónde? 
We wouldn't use "ir" without adding a destination, it just sounds odd, but :
Ve a meterte en el lago
Anda, métete en el lago
Corre a meterte en el lago
Sounds off though, the structure with this quiero que ...sounds odd with this structure.
I think it sounds odd because the original English sentence is expressing a command and not a desire:
"I would like you to go jump in a lake." sounds odd in English, while "Why don't you go jump in a lake?" doesn't.
Quiero que te vayas y te metas en el lago, ¡ya!
Really, I don't know why but we would not use vayas here.
Quiero que saltes/te metas en el/ al lago, ¡pero ya mismo!
Why not saltar? if jump is to be taken literally saltar is fine.
I mean, go and do something, is normally translated as:
vete a hacer algo
So, why not:
Quiero que vayas a meterte en el lago.
Sounds off though, the structure with this quiero que ...sounds odd with this structure.
Quiero que vayas y te metas en el lago, ¡ahora mismo!
Marie, that seems to work fine. I think it might sound more natural to say,
Quiero que te vayas y te metas en el lago, ¡ya!
The first because it's more like 'get our of here' then just 'go', and ya because it seems to fit the tone of the command better, maybe that's really just the same as ahora mismo, but I that's how I hear people talk if their patience is running thin.
Yes, that works.
Good question MC - look at what our dictionary has for jump :
go take a jump! (sentido figurado) -> ¡vete a freír espárragos!, ¡andá a freír churros! (RP)
OK so meterse is good and what about 'saltar en' does that work as well for - to jump into?
